
Flight D
Flight D Of The Circuit Main Event Concludes With Jieming Xu On Top

After a marathon day for the players that tried their luck earlier in Flight C and had to come back for the last chance to qualify in Flight D comes to a close, we have the line-up for Day 2 complete.
The $2,000 buy-in flight attracted 181 players and saw 37 move on to Day 2 tomorrow with Jieming Xu bagging the lead for 241,000, which is miles away from the overall chip leader Bin Wang that finished Flight C with 877,000.
Wen Wen Chen made it to 235,000 after a later charge that started in level 10 with only 22,600 and Italian Raffaele Sorrentino rounds out the top 3 with a stack of 217,000.
All of the qualifiers better get some rest soon to be back at the tables fresh when the cards start flying for Day 2 in less than eight hours.
The SMP Live Update Crew will be back as well, starting at 12:00 local to bring you all the action until the end of Day 2.
Day 1D Qualifiers
Player | Chips |
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JX Jieming Xu | 241,000(40 BB) |
WW Wen Wen Chen | 235,000(39 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 217,000(36 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 204,000(34 BB) |
JL Jun Liu | 197,000(33 BB) |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 193,000(32 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 185,000(31 BB) |
XG Xiangqian Gong | 157,000(26 BB) |
CR Changdong Ren | 157,000(26 BB) |
JJ Jin Jiangpu | 153,000(26 BB) |
LT Lili Tang | 153,000(26 BB) |
RM Renji Mao | 152,000(25 BB) |
DC Dong Chen | 148,000(25 BB) |
YY Yi Yang (4) | 148,000(25 BB) |
ZL Zehao Li | 142,000(24 BB) |
HZ Hongjia Zhang | 137,000(23 BB) |
SY Song Yang (2) | 126,000(21 BB) |
ZZ Zhanhui Zheng | 125,000(21 BB) |
CY Chen Yu | 121,000(20 BB) |
YL Yi Liu | 117,000(20 BB) |
HW Huan Wen | 110,000(18 BB) |
CG Chen Guangcheng | 103,000(17 BB) |
HH Haoyu Huang | 95,000(16 BB) |
CL Chuan Luo | 93,000(16 BB) |
CY Chenxin Yu | 91,000(15 BB) |
JD Jincheng Du | 88,000(15 BB) |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 78,000(13 BB) |
TC Tingjia Cao | 77,000(13 BB) |
KL Kaihua Liu | 72,600(12 BB) |
JZ Jin Zeng | 72,000(12 BB) |
PW Pingfeng Wu | 71,000(12 BB) |
SP Supeng Pang | 63,000(11 BB) |
ZJ Zhang Jingjie | 61,000(10 BB) |
HM Haohui Ma | 48,000(8 BB) |
GL Gao Luo | 35,000(6 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 31,000(5 BB) |
CH Christian Harder | 24,000(4 BB) |
Leaderboard With AAPoker Ambassador Quan Zhou On Top
Player | Chips |
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QZ Quan Zhou | 243,000(61 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 200,000(50 BB) |
JL Jun Liu | 193,000(48 BB) |
WW Wen Wen Chen | 193,000(48 BB) |
JX Jieming Xu | 183,000(46 BB) |
LT Lili Tang | 173,000(43 BB) |
ZL Zehao Li | 159,000(40 BB) |
CR Changdong Ren | 148,000(37 BB) |
YY Yi Yang (4) | 138,000(35 BB) |
JJ Jin Jiangpu | 135,500(34 BB) |
SY Song Yang (2) | 130,000(33 BB) |
HW Huan Wen | 123,000(31 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 113,000(28 BB) |
JD Jincheng Du | 108,000(27 BB) |
YL Yi Liu | 108,000(27 BB) |
RM Renji Mao | 105,000(26 BB) |
Showers For Haoran Yang
Under the gun Yi Yang gets the ball rolling with a 5,000 open and takes button Haoran Yang to the flop T♠5♣ J♣ where Yi continues for 6,000 and Haoran calls to watch the 5♠hit the felt. Yi fires another 15,000 and snaps after Haoran declared all-in for 30,500.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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YY Yi Yang (4) | A♥A♣ UTG | 128,000(51 BB) |
HY Haoran Yang | A♦T♦ D | busted |
The 7♦ river keeps Yi Yang ahead and thins out the field some more.
Last September's MGM High Roller Champ Yi Yang Chips Up

Weichen Wang opens 4,500 from +1 and takes two customers to the flop 3♥ J♣ T♣ where he continues for 5,000. Only hijack Yi Yang sticks around to the turn J♥ and the action checks to him. Sensing weakness, Yi lays out 15,000 which gets the job done.
Player | Chips |
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YY Yi Yang (4) | 100,000(50 BB) |
WW Weichen Wang | 56,500(28 BB) |
Double Elimination For Yi Yang With Aces

Yang Xu opens 5,000 from +1, Yinan Zhou flats and button Yi Yang ups it to 15,000 which leads to Xu jamming 23,900, Zhou follows suit for 36,000 after using two time banks and Yang fills up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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YX Yang Xu | J♠J♦ UTG+1 | busted |
YZ Yinan Zhou | Q♥Q♣ CO | busted |
YY Yi Yang (4) | A♦A♣ D | 117,600(118 BB) |